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Once when the Buddha was wandering in search of alms with his disciple Ananda a devotee offered them two golden drapes Ananda was astonished to observe that when the lord wore the robe it seemed to loose its luster paling in comparison to the Buddha s own body The ancient texts present this picture in a verse Two robes were they offered of gold Brighter shone the teacher manifold Digha ikaya 16438The Buddha explained to his disciple that there are two occasions when his skin turns exceptionally bright One was the night when he gained supreme enlightenment Nirvana and the other when he would finally pass away without any remainder Complete or PariNirvana This was not the only instance when the venerable Buddha equated enlightenment with final demise When eating a meal at the house of one his devotees named Chunda he became seriously ill and it was clear that the end was near Lest after him his followers punish Chunda the Buddha said It is to your merit Chunda that I am going to final Nirvana after taking this last meal from you Two offerings of food are more meritorious than any other The first is the one after eating which I attain supreme enlightenment and the other after which I gain the Nirvana without remainder DN 16442 In fact the Buddha looked forward to the day when his body would fall and he be finally released from the bondage of life and death During his last moments he asked his followers not to grieve and said Don t mourn at this moment of joy Is it proper to lament and weep for me when this body the great storehouse of suffering is passing away The great danger of rebirth is at last being uprooted and I am being released Buddhacharita 2571 When the darkness of ignorance within me has been illuminated with the lamp of knowledge and I have seen the world to be without essence then contentment accompanies my end as does the cure to an illness BC 2686 Peace is gained only from that peace which leaves no residue behind BC 272 To understand Buddha s approach to death we have to go back to his life When he was exposed to the three inevitable sufferings which must be undergone by all living beings namely disease old age and death the wouldbeBuddha was taken aback with fear The charming and ancient poem Buddhacharita forming one of the principal sources for the life of Buddha describes his poignant encounter with death as This person bereft of intelligence sense organs and breath is now but a lifeless log of wood He is abandoned by his near and dear ones who had once painfully taken care of him Destruction indeed is inevitable for all in the world BC 357 Till then having led a sheltered existence of consumption and enjoyment the shock of his eventual destiny shook him to the core Buddha realized that death is the only certainty in this uncertain world How then could one pass his hours in indulgence when the sword of time kala hung threateningly over his head The true destiny of humanity was to reach that fearless state Abhaya Pada which transcended death He lamented Which rational being could be at ease or still less laugh when he knows of old age disease and death Which sentient being could remain unmoved on seeing an aged ill or dead person This is perhaps like a tree which remains unaffected even as its neighbor falls bereft of flowers and fruit or is cut down mercilessly BC 45961 It was only later when he witnessed a wandering monk with an unmistakable calm on his face did Gautama felt that salvation was possible The monk who had withdrawn himself from the world had in a sense died to it Indeed the only way to defeat death was to die before death Since death is but an impetus to a fresh birth and death when overcome in this manner there is no coming back to this world Regarding the nature of withdrawal from this external world the Buddha gives a vivid example of a time when he was staying at a small town and saw a crowd gathered near his dwelling He asked a person standing nearby Friend why are all these people assembled here Sir there has been a great storm which has killed two farmers and four oxen But you my lord where have you been I have been right here friend said Buddha Man What did you see my lord Buddha Dear friend I saw nothing Man What did you hear Buddha I heard nothing Man Were you sleeping dear sir Buddha No friend I was not asleep Man Then sir were you conscious Buddha Yes I was conscious Even though fully awake the Buddha neither saw nor heard the great storm raging outside so absorbed was he within his own self This is parallel to the ancient Indian ideal of atmaram or the contented soul which sports within its own self No wonder then that this ideal formed an important constituent in Buddha s final discourse I am now worn out having completed eighty years As an old cart can be held together only with the help of straps so have I kept my body going It is only when I withdraw my attention from all outward things and concentrate it inwards that I know comfort Thus you too become a lamp deepa unto yourselves illuminating your inner selves relying on no external help becoming your own refuge Interestingly the Pali word deepa rendered above as lamp also can mean dvipa or island which is indeed preferred by many translators In that case the words of Buddha hold a beautiful meaning suggesting each of us to live like islands detached from the world where however some near and dear ones may alight for a short while and then disperse without us being attached to them in any mannerThe Buddha says Like birds spending a night together on a tree and going their separate directions the next morning so inevitably the union of all beings ends in parting As clouds coming together in the sky only to separate again so do creatures collect together and then disperse Ancient Indian tradition recognizes two ways of living in this world Pravrtti Dharma Inclination to action and Nivrtti Dharma Finished with action The Buddha makes his preference clear Set your mind on the cessation of activity nivritti because where there is no inclination to action pravrtti there is no suffering The continuance of active being pravrtti is suffering and the cessation thereof nivrtti is freedom from suffering He put it eloquently in a verse Monks do collect your thoughts Be mindful restrain all resolves Considering the fact that with his parinirvana Buddha attained final and total freedom from all karma his visible joy at his impeding end is understandable However for ordinary folks like us less traveled on the path of enlightenment the thought of bereavement from the Buddha could be highly traumatic as it was for many of his disciples Buddha message Recognize the true nature of this world and don t be anxious for separation is but inevitable Strive that this world never happens to you again ie you are not born again To the grieving monks assembled at his final gathering anxious as to how they would bear their separation from him the Buddha said Whether my body remains or I pass away it will be the same because even then my Dharmakaya the Dharma preached by me will remain in this world It does not then matter that my form remains or not Salvation does not come from the mere sight of me without strenuous yogic practices Whoever thoroughly understands my law is released from the net of suffering even though he may never see me Just as man cannot be cured of a disease by the mere sight of a physician without taking the prescribed medicine similarly the one who hears my Dharma but does not put it into practice he cannot be liberated by mere sight BC 2578Then he said what can act as a comforting reassurance to those of us feeling lost in the vast ocean of the modern world In this world a selfcontrolled practitioner of Dharma even though he may be far from me is seeing me while he who does not conform to the highest good may dwell at my side and yet be distant from me After his supreme enlightenment there remained only one thing binding the Buddha to this world his body However out of compassion for his fellow beings Buddha continued to survive physically even after Nirvana It was only when he realized that his work was done and a solid foundation laid for the Dharma did he finally decide to let his body fall putting his feelings into the following verse I wandered forth when twentynine To seek wellbeing the life divine Since then fifty have gone over this life of mine DN 16527 Ripened is my life Little remains to thrive All s done I need not survive DN 16351

In Hinduism we believe that the soul is immortal and takes birth time and time again Through this process we have experiences learn lessons and evolve spiritually Finally we graduate from physical birth There are theories as to why this process exists but no one knows for sure That been said what are some of the signs that your soul may be reincarnated Read on Our living on Earth can therefore be described as a training camp to regain personality traits like unconditional love self honesty happiness modesty and humbleness After the death of a human being in the material world the soul scrutinizes whether it has reached its divine state If all these traits have not been acquired then this stage has not yet been reached Most likely the soul will decide sooner or later to reincarnate rebirth on the Earth to continue its education There are different ways you can tell if you have lived on earth before You can visit a hypnotherapist and receive a pastlife regression you can meditate and feel that you have lived before intuitively or you can reflect on some of the characteristics you have as a person and see if they imply you may have lived before Here are a few signs that scream this isn t your first life on earth Dreams are a reflection of the things you experience in your life Do you have strange dreams that happen over and over again in the exact same way every time Do people and places in these dreams appear to represent a particular period in history Do you ever die in this dream It might be a sign that your soul is recalling memories from a past life Of course it s not a guaranteed sign of reincarnation Intuition stems from the ability to tap into wisdom and knowledge that isn t readily available for us to articulate Sometimes these bits and pieces of wisdom come from experiences you ve had already in your life but that isn t always the case It is said that the more we soulfully mature the more we are closer to returning to the source known also as nirvana the more knowledgeable we become There are many recorded instances of young children who have unbefitting memories that later prove to be oddly accurate in detail Actually kids are a lot closer to the crossingover point for a soul than adults are and they re often able to recall things from past lives much easier The more past lives you ve had the more these memories may occur The brain can play tricks on us though So be careful not to rush to judgment on this oneThis happens to everyone at some point or another right Deja Vu is that bizarre feeling that somehow we have already experienced or lived a moment in time before Often Deja Vu comes spontaneously and is triggered by smells sounds sights tastes and various other sensations While some claim that d j vu is a neurological dissonance others claim that Deja Vu reflects the possibility of other dimensions ie parallel universes and still others believe it is revealing of past life experience Mature souls absorb the emotions and in some instance the physical pains of those around them literally empathizing or directly feeling and experiencing what others experience Highly empathic people may have trouble being in a crowded space full of people They often directly feel the experiences of the people around them It could be a real sign that your soul has had previous incarnations and is more geared toward healing the world than the self Many kids do not engage in nearly as many childlike activities as they should and as a youngster prefer to have deep conversation with adults This experience is called the Soul Age theory which theorizes that souls that have been reincarnated many times acquire age that breaks through in our personalities If you re a new soul you re more likely to be young at heart for the rest of your life If you re an older or mature soul it means you may have been reincarnated many times One isn t necessarily better than the other When you were a kid did you have a draw to any time period or culture It is said that having a great unexplainable attraction for certain cultures or time periods is a kind of past life remainder suggestive of a certain place culture or environment that your soul may have experienced in past lives Whether this is true or is simply a form of problem bypassing many believe that we can experience the echoes of past traumas in our own lifetimes in the form of unexplainable fears and phobias Examples can include the fear of drowning the fear of certain types of animals the fear of certain places the fear of particular numbers colors objects and so forth Yearning to feel like you re home may be a sign that your soul had a love for a certain culture or period in time that it no longer gets to have or that your soul may pine for the oneness that it occupies before being planted in a new body Many people feel this yearning to be reminiscent of an athlete running a long race and longing to reach the finish line In the same manner Souls that have reincarnated many times over express this basic need for finally completing the cycle and returning home From watching someone interact for just a few minutes you are able to identify the characteristics that person would have and the lifestyle they live It s almost like you have this software that allows you to look around and download the information on other souls This is because you have seen the archetype of that person before in a past life and are familiar with the general behaviour and psychology of that archetype When you are thrown into this world for the first time your inclination is to learn how to play the game and make a comfortable life for yourself When you have been here many times before you already know it s a game so you don t even bother trying to play it anymore You ve lived a few lives here so you understand the importance of things like patience selfhonesty and introspection Having heart to hearts with someone who is struggling seems natural to you because you are almost always able to assist them with what they are going through You are a quick learner when it comes to the lessons of life and you are very good at listening to what life is trying to show you about yourself You aren t really concerned with social status fame or making a nice cozy nest for yourself You desire to grow spiritually to evolve into a better person and to help other people do the same This feels most natural and rewarding to you You aren t socially naive You have been through here before so you aren t as susceptible to brainwashing as other people You know flakiness when you see it and subliminal messages stick out like a sore thumb for you You can see through people and into their real intentions which is why people have a hard time pulling a quick one on you Whether you rebel from religion laws or anything else this is a sign that your soul knows the only true laws the Laws of the Universe While you respect the reasoning and intention behind laws and religion you might not be compelled to use these as absolute laws when you know there are a set of higher laws that are intended to facilitate our spiritual progressions Older souls are more accepting not just of other people but of circumstances as well For example while you don t approve of the corruption within politics you understand how the corruption will help to awaken other people to the truth You respect the free will of others and are more likely to use tact than verbal demands of others Old souls are typically easy for other people to get along with They are usually agreeable associates because they know how to be gracious The worst that can be said about Old souls is that they are often detached and aloof perhaps even uninvolved Younger souls do not understand this although they may admire the fact that an Old soul can remain so cool in situations that younger souls find upsetting

As I child whenever I visited Iskon or shiva temples I was fascinated at seeing so many foreigners sitting enchanted More than anything they were happy to have achieved nirvana in the presence of our divine deities That s when I wondered Can Hindu Gods really bless these foreign nonhindus Every nation and perhaps religion too is divided by borders but I wonder if our Gods ever see these borders We all believe that our deity is the oldest of all and the origin point of other religions But no matter how much have we argued we are yet to reach a conclusionSeveral ancient scriptures of various religions are dated back to a time which somehow gives an insight on its origin as of now Hinduism is believed to be the oldest of all as quite a few manuscripts lead us to believe that its existence is dated before Christianity and IslamWe accept as true that our deities no matter where have an eye upon all of us but wonder if they would bless people of other religion and nationality There have been several documents and stories that claim of incidences where Hindu Gods and Saints heard their prayers and blessed themOne such story is of Baijnath Mahadev Temple which is the only Shiva temple ever rebuilt by British There is a very peculiar story which caught my attention and I thought of sharing it with you guys This has instilled my belief that that God looks at something deeper in devotees than just race religion or national originAll we ever heard about British rule in India were destructive and dehumanizing tales but this one story will move you When India was under British rule a regiment of their army under the leadership of Lt Col Martin of Agar Malva was sent for a war against AfghanistanLt Col Martin used to regularly keep communication with his wife and family back in Himachal through letters During the war Lady Martin stopped receiving letters and for a very long period had no news of her husband s safetySeeing her in distress the Indian help at her quarters told her to worship Lord Shiva the conqueror of Kaal in the nearby Baijnath Mahadev Temple When she reached the temple Lady Martin could hear reverberations of Coonch and MantrasUpon hearing her fear for her husband s safety the priests advised her to perform Laghurudri Anushtthan of the Mantra Om Namah Shivaya for 11 days On the evening of the 11th day Lady Martin received a message through telegram which read I was regularly sending messages to you from the battle grounds but suddenly the Pathans surrounded us from all sides We were entrapped in a situation where there was no scope of escaping death Suddenly I saw a Yogi of India with long hair carrying a weapon with three pointers Trishul His personality was amazing and he was manoeuvring his weapon with a magnificent style Seeing this great man the Pathans started running back With his grace our bad times turned into moments of victory This was possible only because of that man of India wearing a lion skin carrying a threepointer weapon Trishul After his return the couple visited the Baijnath Mahadev Temple to thank the Lord for her husband s safe return and that is when Lt Col Martin realised that the appearance of his savior and that of Lord Shiva s idol was strikingly similarThey helped in rebuilding the premises of the temple and donated money for its maintenance The British couple s name is engraved on the slab inside the temple premises Baijnath Mahadev Temple till date remains the only Hindu temple which has been built by British during their reign in IndiaHere are some more stories of claims that Hindu Gods and Saint heard prayers of and blessed nonHindus and foreigners Bhoghar Siddhar of Sri Pazhani Dandayudhapani Temple fame was considered by many to be of Chinese origin by birth Lord Muruga appeared to him and bestowed him all yogic siddhis inspite of his Chinese origin He crafted the idol of Lord Muruga at the Pazhani Temple and is widely respected as one of the famous 18 Siddhas Perfected beings in Tamilnadu Courtesy IndiadivineorgIsanya Desikar 17501829 was a Siddha Sannyasin born in the Saiva traditions who lived his latter parts of his life and attained Samadhi in Tiruvannamalai He exerted a strong influence on the then District Collector Ayton an Englishman Ayton lived and breathed the name of Isanya Desikar whom he affectionately called Thatha grandfather His chronic tuberculosis ailment was cured instantly by Isanya DesikarOnce he crossed over a flooded river by the invisible hand of Isanya desikar and his faith in Him Isanya Desikar heard his cries from his ashram at the same instant and showed his spiritual powers and moved him to safety Ayton used to pull the chariot of Lord Arunachaleswarar by himself at the Deepam festival every year chanting Isanya Desikar s nameIt is recorded by the then British Collector of Bellary Sir Thomas Munro that the great Saint Sri Raghavendra Swamy appeared before him in spirit at Swami s Samadhi at Mantralaya in 1800 blessed Munro and cleared Munro s doubts about the extent of land owned by the Swami s Mutt nearly 130 years after taking JivaSamadhi in MantralayaShri Sai Baba of Shirdi is said to have given a deserving British officer and his wife who were childless for a long time with the gift of child Sri Sai s whole life was filled with incidents of fostering spiritual awakening human oneness and unity within IndiaThe Rudreshwar Mahadev Temple at Gangeshpur locality in Varanasi was built by Noor Fatmi a devout Muslim widow and practising lawyer She said that Lord Shiva had appeared in her dream and instructed her to construct a temple for Him This temple was constructed in just three months with full support of both Hindu and Muslim leaders and communities in Varanasi and opened to devotees for worship in March 2005

A great mass of black rock soaring to over 22 000 feet Mount Kailash has the unique distinction of being the worlds most acclaimed holy place The supremely sacred site of four religions and billions of people Kailash is seen by no more than a few thousand pilgrims each year This curious fact is explained by the mountains remote location in far western Tibet With no planes trains or buses anywhere near the region the journey requires weeks of difficult and dangerous travel The Jains call the mountain Astapada and believe it to be the place where Rishaba the first of the twentyfour Tirthankaras attained liberation Followers of Bon Tibets preBuddhist shamanistic religion call the mountain Tise and believe it to be the seat of the Sky Goddess Sipaimen Tibetan Buddhists call the mountain Kang Rimpoche the Precious One of Glacial Snow and regard it as the dwelling place of Demchog and his consort Dorje Phagmo One of the ideas the Russians have put forward is that Mt Kailash could be a vast humanbuilt pyramid the centre of an entire complex of smaller pyramids a hundred in total This complex moreover might be the centre of a world wide system connecting other monuments or sites where paranormal phenomena have been observed The idea of the pyramid in this region is not new It goes back to the times of Ramayana Mt Kailash is regarded as the earthly manifestation of the Hindus mythic Mount Meru or Sumeru the spiritual center of the universe the axis mundi in Buddhism Jainism as well as Hindu cosmology The Axis mundi is literally the axis of the world although there are several different ways of viewing a religions axis mundi The axis provides a connection between the physical world and spiritual worlds Both geography and mythology play roles in the sacred significance of Mount Kailash This holy mountain rises to an altitude of 6714 meters It cannot compete with peaks in the nearby Himalayan range which includes Mount Everest and its grandeur lies not in height but in its distinct shape four sheer faces marking the cardinal points of the compass and its solitary location free of neighboring mountains that might dwarf or obscure it The area around this great mountain is the source of four lifegiving rivers the Indus Brahmaputra Surlej and Karnali which is a major tributary of India s sacred Ganges To further enhance the symbolic mysticism of the mountain as a sacred place two lakes are situated at the base of the mountain Manasarovar lake and Rakhast Tal The higher lake Manasarovar one of the highest freshwater lakes in the world is the sacred lake and is round like the sun The lower lake Rakhast Tal one of the highest saltwater lakes is the devil s lake and has the shape of the crescent moon The two lakes represent solar and lunar forces good and negative energies respectively The two lakes Manasarovar and Rakshas Tal are located next to each other and divided by a thin isthmus of the mountains However Lake Manasarovar remains calm irrespective of the weather conditions whereas Rakshas Tal stays constantly stormy Another mystery of Mount Kailash is the rapid aging of those who are near it The growth of nail and hair that occurs in 12 hours spent near Kailash is equal to two weeks in normal conditions To Tibetan Buddhists Kailash is the abode of the tantric meditational deity Demchog Hindus see Kailash as the throne of the great god Shiva one of their most significant deities Jains revere Kailash as the site at which their first prophet received enlightenment Buddhist Hindu and Jain pilgrims from the world over go to this holy mountain to circumambulate Climbing Mount Kailash is forbidden the only person to have ever been atop the sacred mountain is Milarepa a 11th century Tibetan Buddhist yogi Long before Buddhism took root in Tibet in the 7th century Kailash was venerated by the adherents of the Bon the indigenous religion of the region who maintained that the mystic region around Mt Kailash and the NineStory Swastika Mountain was the seat of all power When viewed from the south face a swastika can indeed be seen The sacred circumambulation of Kailash is done anticlockwise whereas followers of the other religion walk in the clockwise direction According to Bon accounts while the circumambulation is made 18 powerful and enlightened teachers will appear in this eon including Tnpa Shenrab the most powerful of them and the founder of the B n religion He is said to have been born in the mythical land of Olmo Lung Ring whose location remains something of a mystery The land is traditionally described as dominated by Mount Yungdrung Gutzeg edifice of nine swastikas which many identify as Mount Kailash A lot of people throughout history has expressed extraordinary interest in Tibet What attracted them the beauty of the mountains or the mysticism The desire to find the remains of lost civilizations or the desire to learn how to acquire extreme power Not only contacts with Lamas but even expeditions were organised in this area What for example brought about the odd juxtaposition of Tibetan lamas and German SS officers on the eve of World War II It is known that Nazi leaders such as Heinrich Himmler believed that Tibet might harbour the last of the original Aryan tribes the legendary forefathers of what was considered the German race whose Aryan leaders were supposed to possess supernatural powers that the Nazis thought they could use to conquer the world Ideas about an Aryan or master race began to appear in the popular media in the late nineteenth century In the 1890s E B Lytton a Rosicrucian wrote a bestselling novel around the idea of a cosmic energy which he called Vril Later he wrote of a Vril society consisting of a race of superbeings The Vril Society claimed to have links to Tibetan masters apparently drawing on the ideas of Madame Blavatsky the theosophist who supported the existence of superbeings in a mystic land She claimed to be in telepathic contact with spiritual masters in TibetMany of these people were ready to believe in the existence of the supernatural in whatever form higher intelligence power or energy This interest remains strong to this day in many countries to find this axis mundi the most powerful place the highest power or the hidden intelligence in whatever form it exists One of the ideas the Russians have put forward is that Mt Kailash could be a vast humanbuilt pyramid the centre of an entire complex of smaller pyramids a hundred in total This complex moreover might be the centre of a world wide system connecting other monuments or sites where paranormal phenomena have been observed Mt Kailash is one of the most mysterious secret and at the same time one of the most holy and sacred mountains the circumambulation of which has for many centuries or possibly many millennia remained a vital pilgrimage symbolising the life s stages of death purification and rebirth Buddhists and Jains refer to the circumambulation as khora Hindus as parikrama A single circumambulation equals one turn of the Wheel of Life and will wipe away the sins of one s life Twelve circumambulations will purify one s karma for all past and future lives enlightenment is attained after 108 Even one khora presents an extremely difficult task since the mountain is difficult of access and dangerous Dangers or not some of us may dream of discovering for ourselves what there is to be seen on this mountain There is another belief that deepens the mystery of Mount Kailash It is believed that it is actually the Sahasra Chakra in our body which is center of Supreme Consciousness Shiva When Kundalini reaches there She meets Shiva The Physical counterpart is Mount Kailash where the energy of Shiva is centered in material earth According to Hindu mythology Shiva resides at the summit of the Kailasha It is regarded in Hinduism as Paradise the ultimate destination of souls and the spiritual center of the world According to a description in the Puranas Mount Kailashs four faces are made of crystal ruby gold and lapis lazuli it is the pillar of the world rises 84 000 leagues high is the center of the world mandala and is located at the heart of six mountain ranges symbolizing a lotus From it flow four rivers which stretch to the four quarters of the world and divide the world into four regions Gauri Kund a water body that is also known as the Lake of Compassion lies on the way while going on downwards from Dolma La Dolma Pass This steep descent from Dolma Pass is a wonderful lake which is at an altitude of 5608m The lake is also famous as Parvati Sarovar as this was the place where goddess Parvati had acquired her son Ganesha Elephant headed God Goddess Parvati had formed Ganesh from the soap lather on her body and breathed life into it Yam Dwar is situated in Tarboche which is approximately 30 minutes drive from Darchen The exact meaning of the Yam Dwar in Hindi is the gateway of the God of Death It is the initial point of circumambulation of Mount Kailash It is also known as Chorten Kang Ngyi which means two legged Stupa in Tibet Located at a height of 17000 ft Asthapad is the bottom of Mt Kailash and one of the main holy places for the Hindus and Buddhists It is also considered a major Jain Tirths as the first of the 24 Jain Tirthankara Shri Adinath Bhagwan had attained salvation Nirvana at this place The literal meaning of Siwasthal Asthapad is Eight Steps as Astha means Eight and Pad means Steps in Sanskrit and that s how the place derived its name It is known a duplication of the magical funeral ground at Bodh Gaya Pilgrims here experience ritual death and enter into the dreadful presence of Yama before being reborn on top of the Drolma La One can easily notice the ground which is laid out with unbelievable collection of clothing shoes and bags along with terrible things like bones hair and even blood These things are mainly the offerings which are made by the people who pass from here

From the invention of the decimal system in mathematics to the noble philosophy of ahimsa Hindus have contributed their share in all fields of knowledge and learning Over five thousand years ago when Europeans were only nomadic forest dwellers ancient Hindus had established a civilization known as the Harappan culture A vast number of statements and materials presented in the ancient Vedic literatures can be shown to agree with modern scientific findings Let s explore the great cultural wealth of this knowledge Did you know that Hindus gave us the method of expressing numbers by means of a decimal system The so called Arabic numerals are actually Hindu numerals and even many Arab mathematicians admit that During the 700s the Arabs learned Hindu arithmetic from scientific writings of the Hindus and the Greeks Then in the 800s a Persian mathematician wrote a book that was translated into Latin about 300 years later This translation brought the HinduArabic numerals into Europe Hindu mathematicians used a system based on 10 The Hindus had symbols for each number from one to nine They had a name for each power of 10 and used these names when writing numerals For example Hindus wrote 1 sata 3 dasan 5 to represent the number we write as 135 Hindus found a way of eliminating place names They invented the symbol shunya meaning empty which we call zero With this symbol they could write 105 instead of 1 sata 5Sage Kanad 600 BC is recognized as the founder of atomic theory and classified all the objects of creation into nine elements earth water light or fire wind ether time space mind and soul He stated that every object in creation is made of atoms that in turn connect with each other to form molecules nearly 2 500 years before John Dalton Further Kanad described the dimension and motion of atoms and the chemical reaction with one another The Ramayana is the first poetry of the world It is a glorious Sanskrit epic written by the Divine Sage Valmiki It has 24 000 Samkskrit verses It was later translated by Kamban and Tulsi Das The Mahabarata is the longest poetry ever written Its 100 000 verses encompass all facets of Dharma or human way of life It narrates the story about the great Mahabarata war between the noble Pandavas and their evil cousins the Kauravas The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindhu 6000 years ago The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word Navgatih The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit Nou The ancient Indians were also the first to perform amputation cesarean surgery and cranial surgery Sushruta as early as 600 BC used cheek skin to perform plastic surgery to restore and reshape human nose ears and lips with incredible results Shushruta describes the details of more than 300 operations He worked with 125 kinds of surgical instruments including scalpels lancets needles catheters etc Sushruta even devised noninvasive surgical treatments with the aid of light rays and heat Chanakyas Arthash stra describes postmortems and Bhoja Prabandha describes brain surgery successfully performed in 927 AD by two surgeons on King Bhoja to remove a growth from his brain Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India medicine Detailed knowledge of anatomy embryology digestion metabolism physiology etiology genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian textsDid you know that the famous Hindu astronomer Bhaskaracharya in his Surya Siddhanta wrote Objects fall on the earth due to a force of attraction by the earth Therefore the earth planets constellations moon and sun are held in orbit due to this attraction It was not until 1687 1200 years later did Issac Newton rediscover the Law of Gravity Approximately 1200 years later 1687 AD Sir Isaac Newton rediscovered this phenomenon and called it the Law of Gravity The famous Hindu mathematician Bhaskaracharya in his treatise Surya Siddhanta calculated the time taken for the earth to orbit the sun to nine decimal places 365258756484 days Today s accepted measurement is 3652564 days Therefore assuming that today s figures are correct it means that Bhaskaracharya was off by only 00002 Do you know that Kalari is considered to be the most complete and scientific martial art and is the mother of all martial arts Bodhidharma a Buddhist monk from India introduced Kalari into China and Japan in the 5th century He taught this art in a temple This temple is today known as the Shaolin temple The Chinese called him Potitama What he taught has evolved into Karate and Kung Fu One can find a lot of similarities among the three The game of chess was invented in India and was originally called Ashtapada sixtyfour squares Ashtapada Sanskrit for spider a legendary being with eight legs was played with dice on an 8x8 checkered board There were no light and dark squares like we see in todays chess board for 1 000 years Other Indian boards included the 10 10 Dasapada and the 9 9 Saturankam Later this game came to be known as chaturanga The Sanskrit name Chaturanga means quadripartite the four angas divided into four parts In 600 AD this game was learned by Persians who named it Shatranj Shatranj is a foreign word among the Persians and the Arabians whereas its natural derivation from the term Chaturanga is obvious Again affix the Arabic name for the bishop means the elephant derived from alephhind the Indian elephant Even the word checkmate is derived from the Persian term Shah Mat which means the king is dead Some of the earliest archaeological evidence of oblong dice have been found in Harrapan sites such as Kalibangan Ropar Alamgirpur Desalpur and surrounding territories some dating back to the third millennium BCE The oblong or cubical dice is the precursor of the more primitive vibh aka small hard nuts drawn randomly to obtain factors of a certain integer Dicing is believed to have later spread to Persia Early references to dicing can be found in the ig Veda as well as the Atharvaveda The game had its origin in India and was called Moksha Patam or Parama Padam or Mokshapat It was used to teach Hindu Dharma and Hindu values to children The British renamed it as Snakes and Ladders The game was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices good deeds take us to heaven and evil to a cycle of rebirths There are certain references which take the game back to 2nd century BC In the original game square 12 was faith 51 was Reliability 57 was Generosity 76 was Knowledge and 78 was Asceticism These were the squares were the ladder was found Square 41 was for Disobedience 44 for Arrogance 49 for Vulgarity 52 for Theft 58 for Lying 62 for Drunkenness 69 for Debt 84 for Anger 92 for Greed 95 for Pride 73 for Murder and 99 for Lust These were the squares were the snake was found The Square 100 represented Nirvana or MokshaAlso known as paramapadam there are a hundred squares on a board the ladders take you up the snakes bring you down The top of the ladder depicts a God or one of the various heavens kailasa vaikuntha brahmaloka and so on while the bottom describes a good quality Conversely each snake s head is a negative quality or an asura demon As the game progresses the various karma and samskara good deeds and bad take you up and down the boardIn 500 BC Maharishi Charaka wrote the famous Charaka Samhita or Physicians Handbook The Charaka Samhita went into great detail to describe human anatomy pathology diagnostic procedures and treatment for various diseases Charaka also described the functions of the heart and the circulatory system in great detail The Charaka Samhita was widely translated in various languages and Charaka was a respected medical authority in both the Arab and Roman empires Did you know that Geometry Trigonometry Calculus and Algebra are studies which originated in India The word Geometry seems to have emerged from the Sanskrit word gyaamiti which means measuring the Earth And the word Trigonometry is similar to trikonamiti meaning measuring triangular forms The treatise of Surya Siddhanta describes details of Trigonometry which were introduced to Europe 1200 years later in the 16th century by Briggs All Hindu as well as Buddhist mandalas and yantras are complex forms of Geometrical shapes Bhaskaracharya otherwise known as Bhaskara is probably the most well known mathematician of ancient Indian today Bhaskara wrote his famous Siddhanta Siroman in the year 1150 AD It is divided into four parts Lilavati arithmetic Bijaganita a treatise on algebra Goladhyaya celestial globe and Grahaganita mathematics of the planets An Arabic Scholar Al Zabar translated a Bhaskaras work Bijaganita from Sanskrit It was later known as Algebra in European languagesDid you know that Sanskrit is the world s oldest systematic language The word sanskrita meaning refined or purified is the antonym of prakrita meaning natural or vulgar It is made up of the primordial sounds and is developed systematically to include the natural progressions of sounds as created in the human mouth Sanskrit was considered as Dev Bhasha Devavani or the language of the Gods by ancient Indians The Sanskrit language has helped shape many European languages including French German Russian and English It shows many ancient forms of words such as father through shampoo trigonometry and mouse while guru pundit dharma bandh and yoga are among hundreds of Sanskrit words that can now be found in the Oxford dictionary India was the worldleader in Metallurgy Gold jewelry is available from 3 000 BCE Brass and bronze pieces are dated back to 1 300 BCE Extraction of zinc from ore by distillation was used in India as early as 400 BCE while William Campion patented the process some 2 000 years later There is an iron pillar in Delhi dating back to 400 CE that shows no sign of rust or decay The earliest known book on metallurgy was written by sage Nagarjuna in 10th century The existence of the Vedas goes beyond recorded history and are said to be passed down from the Gods to the great seers of Bharat For many human generations the Vedas were passed on through word of mouth until finally documented by the great Rishis and Swamis And if the Vedas speak of the Sarasvati River then it would seem clear that they were written before about 2000 BC and not later than 1500 BC as scholars originally believed Ancient Hindus were first to suggest a heliocentric solar system Speed of light was calculated as 1 85 016 milessec They had even calculated the distance between Earth and Moon as 108 diameters of Moon and Earth and Sun as 108 diameters of Sun These figures are very close to the modern day values All these were stated several thousand years before the famous scientist Galileo postulated in the west that sun was the center of the planetary system and Earth was not flat The popular game of cards originated in ancient India and was known as Kridapatram It was one of the favorite pastimes of Indians in ancient times This game was patronized especially by the royalty and nobility In medieval India playing cards was known as Ganjifa cards which were played in practically all royal courts This game is recorded to have been played in Rajputana Kashyapa Meru Kashmir Utkala Orissa the Deccan and even in Nepal The Hindus view that the Universe has no beginning or end but follows a cosmic creation and dissolution Hindus are the only one who propounds the idea of lifecycles of the universe It suggests that the universe undergoes an infinite number of deaths and rebirths Hindus views the universe as without a beginning anadi beginningless or an end ananta endless Rather the universe is projected in cycles Ayurveda is the indigenous system of medicine in India Ayurveda literally means the science of living longevity Ayu means Life and Veda means Knowledge Unique quality of Ayurveda is that it uncovers and cures the root cause of illness it is safe gentle and inexpensive it sees 6 stages of disease development where modern medicine only sees the last two stages it treats people in a personalized manner according to their dosha or constitution and not in any generic manner Did you know that the socalled Pythagoras Theorem that the square of the hypotenuse of a rightangled triangle equals to the sum of the square of the other two sides was documented by the famed Hindu mathematician Baudhayana in his 6th century BC treatise called Baudhayana Sulba Sutra Baudhayana states The area produced by the diagonal of a rectangle is equal to the sum of area produced by it on two sides Although modern images descriptions of India often show poverty India was one of the richest countries till the time of British in the early 17th Century Christopher Columbus was attracted by Indias wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered America by mistake Readers who are surprised that they havent been told of these ideas before the fault is of the books we have used Hope you liked this blog This blog is inspired by the Do you Know section of www vedawikidotcom

The details of the Buddhas life are not known for certain but most scholars are in agreement that he was an actual historical figure who lived in northern India around the 5th century BCE The events of the Buddhas life are recorded in Buddhist tradition and are a favorite subject of Buddhist art In this blog we look at a few lesser known facts about Buddha and Buddhism that will take you by surprise Before Gautama Buddha was born an astrologer predicted that Suddhodhana s son will either be a great and known holy man or he will become a great king His father wanted him to stay away from the sufferings and even did not let him have the religious teachings in fear of him becoming a holy man His father even built three palaces for him with all the luxuries of life so that he does not have any desire to see the outside world Though Gautama Buddha is known to live a very modest and simple life many people does not know that he was born as a prince of the Shakya Clan in Nepal His father Suddhodhana was the chief of the Shakya Clan in India while his mother Queen Maha Maya was known to be the princess of Koli He was born in Lubini under a sal tree in a garden He was married to Yasodhara and even had a son named Rahula Destined to be a great holy man Gautama soon became tired of his materialistic life and desired to leave the palace to see the outside world At the age of 29 while on his ride to see the countryside he saw four different things during his four different trips outside the palace which he was not aware about These four things changed Siddhartha s life completely In his four trips outside the palace he saw an old man a corpse a sick man and at last he saw a wandering ascetic He was so disturbed at these sites and he wondered how he can enjoy his life so much when there is so much suffering in the world He finally realized that the reality is not what he has seen till now in his life but the reality is what he was seeing in the life After leaving the palace it was hard for Gautama to find a teacher for himself who could teach him about the truth of the world and about different religions To learn about the sufferings he used to wander in robes and tried to learn from the wisest teachers But none of the teachers could tell him how to end the sufferings and so finally he decided to go in search of the answer all by himself For around six years he led a life of self discipline and abstinence by surviving on mere roots fruits and raw food He also learned yoga and meditation practices In a very short period of time Siddhartha mastered the art of Yogic meditation but nothing satisfied him Later he realized that neither the wealthy life in the palace and nor the modest life in forest is an answer to what he was looking forBuddha was not as chubby as many depictions of him would make it appear he was mainly portrayed this way because it was symbolic of happiness in the east He practiced moderation in all things fasted regularly and spent most of his time walking hundreds of miles spreading the philosophy of enlightenment At the time of Buddha s quest for enlightenment there were many religious practices that called for either intense overindulgence in the senses or strict deprivation such as weeks of fasting Realizing that neither was truly beneficial he devised what would later be known as The Middle Way to enlightenment a balanced approach that emphasized inward rather than outward renunciation It is not easy to think that a great teacher like him who taught the whole world about Buddhism could be hesitant to teach at the first place He considered that the thing he knows is very difficult not only for the people to understand but it is also difficult for him to express what he knows into words But later his compassion swayed over him and he finally decided to teach the people about the doctrines of enlightenment Unlike most religions or spiritual beliefs Buddha s teachings were spread by nonviolent methods such as word of mouth or carvings on prominent stone buildings Practicing Buddhists view Buddha as a teacher and not a god or avatar Buddha s spot of enlightenment underneath the bodhi tree is still preserved to this day He died in Kushinagar and according to the sources it is said that he died in the 483 BCE He encouraged his followers to work for their deliverance and he told them that happiness is in learning that nothing in the world is permanent Even after so many years of his death his words of compassion and kindness are still followed by people in different parts of the world Buddha taught and traveled his entire life until the age of 80 when he passed away His final request of his followers was this All component things in the world are changeable They are not lasting Work hard to gain your own salvation During his journey throughout the world to spread their teachings Buddha visited his son father his devoted wife and his foster mother Eventually his family joined the Sangha which is the Buddhist monastic community His cousin Ananda also became his disciple and joined the community and became a monk His son Rahula was the youngest monk in the community and he became monk when he was just seven years old After achieving the enlightenment he started sharing his idea and his teachings Buddha and his disciples for the next forty five years went to different places in the world to spread their words and teachings Buddha taught people that to become the enlightened one a person should never be ignorant angry and hate people It was not hard for Buddha to win hearts of people wherever he went as he knew the true feelings of people and knew how to deal with them There are two different types of Buddhism there is Mahayana and Theravada Theravada are the original teachings of the original Buddha Buddha gave long speeches to a group of people called the Arhats The Arhats are the original disciples of Buddha they had all reached enlightenment and were basically perfect beings Theravada Buddhists commonly live in Southeast Asia Cambodia Vietnam Laos etc They believe that people reach enlightenment over many lifetimes and it takes eons to reach nirvana Mahayana Buddhists live in Tibet China Korea and Japan they do not follow the original teachings they believe that the Buddha went to outer space and spoke to angels called Devas Buddha taught them a secret teaching Then the Devas told monks this secret teaching then the monks wrote it down Mahayana Buddhism basically believes that everyone alive possesses the ability to get enlightenment at anytime Zen is a limb of Mahayana Buddhism Zen is a mixture of Buddhism and Taoism that developed in eastern China Zen in terms of Christianity would be snake handlers It is miles away from the original message of the Buddha Amitabha Buddhism is the belief that there was once a Buddha named Amitabha no one knows if this Buddha lived on earth or in a parallel universe But if you pray to to Amitabha Buddha and repeat the name of Amitabha over and over again you can go to a place called the Pure Land which is a parallel universe where you can practice Buddhism in perfect harmony learning from ancient Buddhist masters There is a large amount of literature on the original Buddha s previous lives In the books he appears as a deer elephant and monkey Supposedly the Buddha told his disciples about his past lives and they wrote them down They resemble cute little folktales with talking animals and mythical feats super fun to read One of the top ten facts about Buddhism is that it is the 4th largest religion Today there are over 360 million followers of Buddhism worldwide after Christianity Islam and Hinduism The countries with the largest Buddhist populations are China Thailand Vietnam and Myanmar One of the top ten facts about Buddhism is the ultimate reality that nothing is permanent Although demographic tables lump all followers of the Buddha s teachings into one heading the truth is that there is no singular or official version of Buddhism And it s more than just minor variations in practice Some Buddhist practices invoke dieties Some eschew the entire concept of dieties Some emphasize monastic life while others see Buddhism as a practice for an engaged life One of the foundational elements of Buddhism is known as the Five Precepts Like the JudeoChristian 10 Commandments these simple rules form the core of acceptable ethical behavior The Five Precepts are Do not kill Do not steal Do not engage in sexual misconduct Do not lie Do not use intoxicants Buddhism s original language was Pali But today even esoteric Buddhist writings are available in many languages worldwide Dharma talks lessons are given in local languages in Buddhist centers and online Chanting may be done in a variety of languages depending on the choices of the community Some opt for ancient tongues while others prefer contemporary language What the Buddha discerned in his moment of enlightment is summarized within the Four Noble Truths Suffering exists Suffering arises from attachment to desires Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path If suffering is to be reduced a path is needed In Buddhism that path is The Noble Eightfold Path which consists of Right View Seeing the world and life as it is Right Thought Similar to emotional intelligence Right Speech Clear truthful compassionate Right Conduct Not exploiting one s self or others Right Livelihood Ethical occupation that does not harm others Right Effort Directing one s energies towards good ends Right Mindfulness To be in the present moment and Right Meditational Attainment Unity of action and intention To become a monk you must not have any of these ailments leprosy goitre boils scabs itch psoriasis which excludes me from reaching enlightenment pulmonary consumption epilepsy jaundice elephantiasis scrotal hernia spasmodic cholera asthma bloody abscess rheumatism swelling of the glands blood disease liver disease hemorrhoids bone disease etc etc etc In general in Buddhism it is better to be born a man they believe it is easier to reach enlightenment via being male A woman can reach enlightenment but there can never be a female Buddha There has never been a female Dalai Lama and in the Jatakas Buddha was rarely ever a female even when he was an animal he was a male

Under the guidance and inspiration of ISKCON FounderAcharya His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Disciplic Succession The term nirvana is usually associated with Buddhism Nirvana means to become free from sufferings of material existence The Buddhist nirvana takes one to a marginal position on the border between the material world and the spiritual world This border is sometimes referred to as the Causal Ocean and sometimes referred to as Mahesh Dhama Although this nirvana gives relief from the sufferings of material existence it does not take one into the awakening of unlimited spiritual bliss and knowledge in a loving relationship with the Supreme Person The supreme nirvana in which one awakens the feelings of pure love of God within one39s heart takes one into a solid permanent identity in the spiritual world as an eternal association of the Lord Because our nature as living beings is to be absorbed in loving relationships the Buddhist nirvana does not permanently satisfy the living being who will eventually come back down to the material existence to seek satisfying loving relationships or if he is extremely fortunate will progress to the supreme nirvana to give his pure love to the Supreme Person

The term Nirvana in Sanskrit is composed of Nih and Vana the former meaning No and the latter meaning sound Thus the term Nirvana means for the inner soul to be in the world of silence the metaphysical world the world of spirit beyond the world of sound the physical world of matters and objects Through regular practice of Rajayoga meditation one can ascend to the stagestate of Nirvana the silence state the timeless state and the soundless state which is the main aim of human lifeDr Brahma Kumar Yudhisthir

There is this fascinating news report that a two hundred year old Buddhist Monk was found in a cave in Songino Khairkhan district of Ulan Bator body intact sitting in the Lotus position covered in cattle skin in a very intense state of meditative trance His mummified body has stood the test of time and according to Buddhist monks this two hundred year old Monk could still be alive and is in a Samadhi trance state called TukdamAccording to Buddhist philosophy this state of Samadhi or Tukdam is very close to the state of Nirvana which is the final merger of the individual Soul with The Big Boss or The One who we call God Goddess Creator Ahura Siva Ram Kali Allah Rab whatever suits your spiritual inclinationsWhat is this state of Samadhi and what about Nirvana For me Samadhi is a state of self realisation got about either through the pure Grace of The Guru or through intense spiritual discipline The realisation that you have come from the Great Fire and all that which is embodied in that Great Fire is contained within you and that The Creator and you are One It is not intellectual knowledge but the soul realisation of this OnenessNirvana is liberation Liberation from the cycle of birth death Liberation from the churning cess pool of karma Liberation from ones own stupidity petty ego I assume Nirvana means one will never truly come back as one has merged with The One has become The One like when water is mixed with milk becomes milk too whereas Samadhi gives you self realisation one can use that self realisation to come back serve one all basically get ones teeth knocked out by benevolent humanitySo in the state of Samadhi you have realized Oneness but still not completely lost your identity and become Oneness Whereas in the state of Nirvana you have got liberated from your own small self and merged with The Ocean and become The Ocean So the state of Samadhi comes first and if pursued further the state of Nirvana has to followPerfect Masters have contained their growth to the state of Samadhi as They want to continue helping those who seek to grow spiritually and become One with The Throb of Creation The Perfect Masters need to just exhale and They shall dwell in the state of Nirvana but no for some reason They love us so much that They have kept that final Sigh at bay This is how much They love us and this is why The Guru is the most revered One in all of Creation I mean the Real Perfect Master The Giants Not the riff raff dwarfs who go about calling themselves Perfect MastersIn my interviews with Bapuji for the book The Aum Of All Things we got discussing about what the elusive term Samadhi meant Beta what is this state of Samadhi or Liberation that everybody keeps talking about The state of Samadhi according to me means the real state of the SoulWhen an individual recognizes one s true state it gains knowledge of the Self or knowledge of the soul To attain the state of Samadhi what does the soul have to do What kind of appropriate action does the soul have to perform Whatever recording the soul has within itself all that knowledge the soul will gain Every soul is different in its state of evolution even though inherently being OneOne can go into the state of Samadhi after following certain procedures mainly celibacy yogic breathing Without achieving Br h charya or celibacy one cannot achieve Samadhi If one keeps untainted celibacy for twelve long years such a person is a celibate even in the state of dreams keeps his or her celibacy intact for twelve years also practices P yam or yogic breathing everyday does the chant of the sacred word Aum or the word she believes represents the word God she will awaken the power of the soul which reposes in the Root Chakra or the Muladh r ChakraWhen the Muladh r Chakra gets awakened the energy travels through the other Chakras and reaches the soul Wow Celibacy and P yam for twelve years I think it is safe to say most of us are going to be in the state of nonSamadhi for a really I mean really a truly really loooooooong timeBut to tell you the truth I don t believe that celibacy has anything got to do with spirituality or even Samadhi Yes celibacy helps if you are keen on awakening your Kundalini and want to acquire certain paranormal powers In sex the very word discharge means something that once had power through dissipation of energy the power has got dischargedSo if you are keen on taking the energy that reposes in the Muladh r Chakra also known as the Root Chakra and make the Kundalini hakti travel through the other Chakras right up to the Crown Chakra then yes it is important that the energy is not discharged via sexual release But that is if you want to acquire powers or Si his But to be spiritual I believe the power of God reposes in the Heart Chakra which is well above the naughty Chakra and thus by being selfless pure kind noble not stupid just noble you will merge with your Master with or without the use of the libidoGod s kingdom is not filled with celibates It is filled with good people Heaven is not some exclusive club for vegetarians and celibates It s packed with honest to God fun loving kindhearted souls who wish well and who want to spread wellbeing So according to me and I may not be the best person to speak about celibacy and all that but I know it in my gut that true purity and humility and compassion open wider doors to Oneness and realization and eventually liberationFor oneness and realization one needs to operate from the state of pure spiritual nothingness and detachment and selfless compassion and love Its all about love Anyway thats that Just for intellectual reasons where does the soul reside I inquired of Bapuji In the Third Eye or j a Chakra between the eyebrows resides the soul the point in between the brows on the forehead When one does Anulom and Vilom or alternative nostril breathing as practiced in Yogic P yam the entire subtle body comes together at one place which is in the centre point between the brows Thus through the practice of celibacy and yogic breathing the soul remembers its Ishta Dev or one s Primordial God Goddess or Guru basically the One he or she prays to Thus while doing yogic breathing or P yam one needs to focus on the One who you believe in and worshipSo by performing the P yam or Anulom Vilom and the chanting of the Aum sound all the subtle energies gather into the soul and the soul awakens That is when the soul experiences the subtle mind and goes into complete silence and the State of FormlessnessFocus on your God or Goddess or Guru and make sure your mind doesn t stray After a while your mind will be truly focused It will not be able to see anything else and will be able to see only That and only That and only That And by focusing on the yogic breathing and The One whatever power That One will have will get transferred to you Thus be careful who you keep your focus on during meditation and P yam It makes sense Who you meditate on you become That Focus on Baba Sai of Shirdi then all that which Baba Sai of Shirdi stands for and holds that shall be yours too with His Grace If you meditate on water you shall encompass the qualities of water and not fire So when the complete subtle body converges into the soul the lack of a subtle body within the gross body leaves a vacuum and there is no consciousness of the body This is when the soul reaches the Sahastr g r the 9th Chakra I assume that this is in the astral body of each individual as the Crown Chakra is the seventh Chakra In the Sahastr g r there is the cell of each soul s Creations In the Sahastr g r there is Godhood There are cells of innumerable crores of CreationsSo in the Samadhi state the soul experiences the recordings that are already there in the soul and gains Self or Soul Knowledge So whatever recording is present in the soul the individual gets to know of that and as the soul has come from far and above the knowledge is enlightening The soul s state will be in the Samadhi Avastha or State of Liberation when there is no body consciousness That is why Gautam Buddha sometimes could not hear any sound even if you hammered a nail into His ear that is the State of Samadhi So when the subtle mind opens up that is what I call as the state of Samadhi By staying in the subtle or one can even call this state the Prime SubConscious Mind the soul becomes totally awakened to its history and potentialThere is so much of silence that someone who looks at the individual will assume that the person is dead The more you move into this state of Samadhi the soul of that person comes out of the body along with its subtle body How does this happenThe Dasam Dw r or the tenth door or the Tenth Chakra opens So when the soul comes out it goes away to roam into its Br h or its Creation So where does the soul really go It can go to the various levels of Heaven If it has more power then it can travel up to the higher and higher dimensions If you go into the Subtle or Prime Sub Conscious Mind then you will go beyond the limited mind and you will go beyond the limited bodily relations or blood relations as well You cannot remember anything related to your daily life when you are at that stage From the Subtle or Prime Sub Conscious you reach the Prime Unconscious Mind You are part of the process of Creation So much energy comes into the soul that you get the speed of the Infinite Mun or the HeartMind called Bayhu Kay Mun Ki Gati or Speed of Infinite HeartMind There is so much speed as there is so much power The reason the state of Samadhi is so elusive is because we are all entangled into body consciousness involved in the body entangled in everything that is related with the body our circle of emotions So most people see the body then remember only the body They immediately come into body consciousness the whole game is over What can one do That is why awakening the pure sub conscious mind is so importantOne can call the awakening of the subtle mind as a state of enlightened death too The soul goes into such a state of calm silence that we refer to it as death The process removes the subtle body out and allows the soul to move out of the bodyMany of our R himunis or evolved Sages had the knowledge of going out of the body at will They would travel gather consciously all knowledge they wanted and then try to enlighten the world According to me the more you get into the technicalities of spirituality the more you realize that heaven and hell are within each one of us the blossoming of one s true self and the destruction of all that which is true all within oneself The power to discriminate between right and wrong and the power to choose between the Light or the chaos within all within ourselves For me liberation means being free from one s own clutches of darkness and desires and shedding off the false self and letting one s true self shine through And it is not easyThe path to liberating yourself from your lower self is filled with spiritual landmines failure But you just keep at it Fall Rise Fall Rise Keep at it Try try try to lengthen the moments of Light prolong the distance between the moments of darkness Yes we are human yes we are going to blunder so we need to try harder to embrace the Light for a little longerThe Light within is elusive it s playful it s a lover who wants to be possessed but won t ever surrender till you are worthy so you keep at it someday may be lifetimes later you and I will be worthy of Her be filled with Her Radiate Her Essence then become One with Her Just keep at itTrying to make one s Master happy and proud of you in spite of falling so many times is the only dream worth having and till you don t reach it keep trying and trying That is the only true purpose of lifeRaising the Kundalini the state of Samadhi and Nirvana and all that is super but as Sai B b of Shirdi often says there is a difference between Si h and Shu hi which means that there is a difference between spiritual powers and spiritual purity You may have your Kundalini all awakened and suited and booted but that gives no guarantee of true spiritual growth But yearning to be spiritually pure has one guarantee it s going to tickle the Old Man s funny bone and make Him grin from one astral ear to the otherThe state of Samadhi is the state of Active Oneness The state of Nirvana is the ocean of bliss There are idiots who still choose to serve than bask in the glory of Supreme Nothingness This for me is worth more than all the Br h s in all the universes Be blessed always

The term Nirvana has two words in it Nih Vana Nih means no and Vana means sound So the term meansrefers to the World of Silence or the World of Soundlessness which is the Metaphysical Timeless and Spaceless World of Complete Silence in which every soul wants to experience its original spiritual statestage once in a lifetime of this earthly statge All seeking and spiritual efforts we really make in order to reach and feel the ethereal taste of spirituality in this metaphysical world which is the the Supreme Abode of all souls in their original nakedness without the physical dress of body and of the Supreme Soul Every spiritual seeker is a native of this world and wants to return there through practice of deep meditation This attempt is called the Return of the Native the biblical prodigal son of God to its own spiritual Abode Realizing or experiencing this Silence or Soundless state is called NIRVANA in true sense of the termDr Brahma Kumar Yudhisthir

Its a matter of choice whether you would go on with the manifestations of the infinite or rest in the TIMELESS ZONE also otherwise called NIRVANA ENLIGHTENMENT etc etcBecause the CAUSE of all manifestations however GRAND lies in the TIMELESS ZONESO THERE IS NOTHING WRONG OR BEING BELITTLED BY CHOOSING NIRVANA OVER CONTINUOUS MANIFESTATIONBecause what seems as manifestations in the WORLD OF TIME translates as AND NOTHING EVER HAPPENED in the TIMELESS ZONEThe WORLD OF TIME and the WORLD OF TIMELESSNESS are not two different worldsThey are in fact two faces of the same coinNIRVANA IS NOT AN INCIDENT IN TIME BUT RATHER A CHANGE OF GESTALTFOR THE PEOPLE OF THE TIME ZONE IT LOOKS LIKE SIDHARTHA BECAME BUDDHA ON SUCH N SUCH DAY DUE TO SUCH N SUCH PRECEDING INCIDENTSBUT THAT IS NOT IMPORTANTBUT FOR BUDDHA SIDHARTHA NEVER EXISTEDNOW THIS IS THE REAL THINGYou I every one is at once in the WORLD OF TIME and at the same time extends to the TIMELESS ZONETo know this and practice this in daily life activities IS THE REAL THINGNIRVANA IS NOW AND NOT IN SOME DISTANT PART IN TIMEIT BELONGS TO THE TIMELESS ZONESHIVOHAM